Church experiments with extending the table
By Barbara Esch Shisler
Januarys at Perkasie (Pa.) Mennonite Church are out of the ordinary as Interfaith Hospitality families make the church building their home while they transition into homes of their own after being displaced. Classrooms become bedrooms and the youth room their lounge. January also means some congregational displacement. This year new possibilities emerged. Why not use the month for an experiment? ...  Read more ...From left, Morgan Tease and Mary Lou Cummings chop chicken for soup. Photo by Marilyn Nolt/www.noltphotos.com.
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Sid Burkey new MEDA chief engagement officer
From Mennonite Economic Development Associates 
Nebraska businessman Sid Burkey has been appointed to a new staff position as chief MEDA engagement officer for Mennonite Economic Development Associates. The new position was created following a major organizational review that recommended combining several departments under one umbrella. Burkey will provide leadership and strategic direction for MEDA's resource development, marketing, association engagement and MEDA Europe teams ... Read more ...
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Len Rempel appointed as MWC director of finance and administration
From Mennonite World Conference
 Len Rempel has been appointed the new director of finance and administration for Mennonite World Conference, replacing Karen Martin Schiedel. Effective March 14, he will work out of MWC's North American office in Kitchener, Ontario. Martin Scheidel, meanwhile, has accepted a post as business manager at Kitchener's Rockway Mennonite Collegiate in December, but is continuing essential tasks at MWC until Rempel begins ... Read more ...
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College Corner: EMS offers more interdisciplinary studies
From Eastern Mennonite Seminary
Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Va., is creating more interdisciplinary study options in collaboration with other graduate programs at Eastern Mennonite University. "EMS collaboration with other graduate programs places seminary learning in the thick of the cross-disciplinary studies needed to make sense of today's complex and fast-changing world," said Michael A. King, EMS dean ...  Read more ...Brian Gumm (left) and Nathaniel Daniel are two of the six students studying in both the seminary and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at EMU.
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